THE ARYA MARRIAGE VALIDATION ACT, 1937
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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SECTIONS

1. Short title and extent.
2. Marriage between Arya Samajists not to be invalid. 


THE ARYA MARRIAGE VALIDATION ACT, 1937

ACT NO. 19 OF 1937

[14th April, 1937.]

An Act to recognise and remove doubts as to the validity of inter-marriages current among Arya 
Samajists.

WHEREAS it is expedient to recognise and place beyond doubt the validity of inter-marriages of a 
class of Hindus known as Arya Samajists; It is hereby enacted as follows:— 

1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937.

(2)  It  extends  to  the  whole  of  India  except  the  territories  which,  immediately  before  the                        
1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States and applies also to citizens of India wherever they 
may be.

2. Marriage between Arya Samajists not to be invalid.—Notwithstanding any provision of Hindu 
Law, usage or custom to the contrary no marriage contracted whether before or after the commencement 
of this Act between two persons being at the time of the marriage Arya Samajists shall be invalid or shall 
be deemed over to have been invalid by reason only of the fact that the parties at any time belonged to 
different castes or different sub-castes of Hindus or that either or both of the parties at any time before the 
marriage belonged to a religion other than Hinduism.